WW2 medals insignia and memorabilia
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My son
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Holy cow! Otto is one of my heroes! Great photo.
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What a pic
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I'll see that 'Wow!', and raise it 'Wow Wow Wow!!!.Ad Lav wrote:Wow!
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Remarkable! When was the photo taken?
Doch merkwürdig! Wann hat man die Aufnahme gemacht?
Doch merkwürdig! Wann hat man die Aufnahme gemacht?
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look at the lower left edge of the picture => holiday 2013Herr Dr. Professor wrote:Remarkable! When was the photo taken?
Doch merkwürdig! Wann hat man die Aufnahme gemacht?
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look at the lower left edge of the picture => holiday 2013
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Hello
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Thank you Frank!.
The amazement generated here by the Carius photo... is almost tangible, and palpable. For one thing, it's hard to marry up the image of the ultra-benign, gentle Grandfather (Opa) figure, with the story of a man who led some of the hardest of hard men, against some of the hardest of hard men. Someone who once contained more bullets than a revolver- and lived. Yet, there he is- the genial pharmacist, and loving Opa figure with your lad. In posting the pic here, you've created a major sensation, I think. The equivalent of a jounalistic scoop. Do tell us more about your visit, to meet Otto. It will certainly top visits to meet 'Santa' in Norway.
Edit: Oh, yes, I forgot that back in the 1980s, I took my kids to meet the equally legendary Christopher Robin (Milne), at his bookshop in Dartmouth. By then, he was a tad bored with the business of being a grown-up version of a semi-mythical figure. Otto, by contrast, seems over the Moon, to meet folk.
The amazement generated here by the Carius photo... is almost tangible, and palpable. For one thing, it's hard to marry up the image of the ultra-benign, gentle Grandfather (Opa) figure, with the story of a man who led some of the hardest of hard men, against some of the hardest of hard men. Someone who once contained more bullets than a revolver- and lived. Yet, there he is- the genial pharmacist, and loving Opa figure with your lad. In posting the pic here, you've created a major sensation, I think. The equivalent of a jounalistic scoop. Do tell us more about your visit, to meet Otto. It will certainly top visits to meet 'Santa' in Norway.
Edit: Oh, yes, I forgot that back in the 1980s, I took my kids to meet the equally legendary Christopher Robin (Milne), at his bookshop in Dartmouth. By then, he was a tad bored with the business of being a grown-up version of a semi-mythical figure. Otto, by contrast, seems over the Moon, to meet folk.
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